James Connolly (1868-1916) was a revolutionary socialist fighting for Irish national liberation; the founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party and the Irish Citizen Army. Today 109 years ago, he was executed by British colonizers after the Easter Rising in Dublin.(PW)
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Wonderfully put, I too share a deep resentment for this particular type of way western society utilises language. I have health complications which also make executive function very difficult as a result of traumas, and truthfully it’s insulting to me when this type of language is utilised. So much of the idioms used in the west these days have a very myopic understanding of how people can/do work. It is like an attempt to make people interact and behave monolithically (yet also sell them the idea that they’re being individuals, see Andrew Tate). Just another reminder that western society is not built for humans, but rather by and for capitalists
FWIW I actively be an empathetic witness to other people instead of using those idioms because in my (current) understanding that is the purest form of love I can be and give